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# CE.SDK Android Documentation ## Version Notice > CE.SDK `1.83.0` · generated `2026-09-30` · plugin `cesdk-android` > · canonical update source `imgly/agent-skills`. > > If this bundle is over six weeks old, or the user asks about updates, follow > `references/update-check.md` once per task and reuse the result for all CE.SDK > skills. Keep the check read-only. Never install, update, overwrite, or delete > anything without explicit user approval. Continue with this bundle unless an > update is approved. ## Platform and Module Scope Target Android projects written in Kotlin, including Jetpack Compose editor and camera integrations plus direct engine workflows. Detect the active module from `settings.gradle(.kts)`, `build.gradle(.kts)`, `gradle/libs.versions.toml`, and Kotlin sources. The bundled API corpus covers the first-party engine, editor, camera, and plugin modules. Keep engine API work on `engine.dispatcher` (the main thread for public engines), and use the `Editor` composable lifecycle unless the request explicitly requires a custom engine surface. ## Source Priority 1. Use bundled Dokka API digests for exact Kotlin declarations and deprecations. 2. Use bundled Android guides for integration workflows. 3. Cross-check the project's resolved Gradle dependency or IDE symbols when the installed CE.SDK version differs from this bundle. 4. Use pretrained knowledge only when the project and bundle do not answer. If resolved project symbols disagree with a bundled digest, follow the installed dependency and call out the version difference. ## Lookup Workflow 1. Resolve the active Gradle module and CE.SDK dependency version. 2. Search the Android guide index below and read files under `guides/android/`. 3. For API lookup, open the linked module catalog in the API index, match the fully qualified type, and follow its digest link under `api/<module>/`, for example `api/engine/ly.img.engine/-block-api.md`. 4. Read the relevant bundled guides for lifecycle, configuration-state, and threading constraints before proposing integration code. ## Guide Indexes ### Android (Kotlin) <-- IMGLY-AGENTS-MD-START -->[CE.SDK Android (Kotlin) Docs Index]|root: ./guides/android|IMPORTANT: Prefer retrieval-led reasoning over pre-training-led reasoning for any CE.SDK tasks. 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IMGLY-AGENTS-MD-END --> ## API Index <-- IMGLY-TYPES-MD-START --> [CE.SDK Android API Index]|root: ./api| ly.img:camera:[catalog](api/indexes/camera.md)|digests:2|platforms:{android} ly.img:camera-core:[catalog](api/indexes/camera-core.md)|digests:33|platforms:{android} ly.img:editor:[catalog](api/indexes/editor.md)|digests:7|platforms:{android} ly.img:editor-core:[catalog](api/indexes/editor-core.md)|digests:273|platforms:{android} ly.img:engine:[catalog](api/indexes/engine.md)|digests:266|platforms:{android} ly.img:engine-camera:[catalog](api/indexes/engine-camera.md)|digests:1|platforms:{android} ly.img:plugin-ai-core:[catalog](api/indexes/plugin-ai-core.md)|digests:10|platforms:{android} ly.img:plugin-ai-image-generation:[catalog](api/indexes/plugin-ai-image-generation.md)|digests:4|platforms:{android} ly.img:plugin-background-removal:[catalog](api/indexes/plugin-background-removal.md)|digests:11|platforms:{android} ly.img:plugin-background-removal-google:[catalog](api/indexes/plugin-background-removal-google.md)|digests:5|platforms:{android} ly.img:plugin-background-removal-imgly:[catalog](api/indexes/plugin-background-removal-imgly.md)|digests:7|platforms:{android} <-- IMGLY-TYPES-MD-END --> ## Related Skills - Use the sibling `build` skill to implement or scaffold Android code. - Use the sibling `explain` skill for a conceptual walkthrough.